Hoarders

Dick has hoarded out his girlfriend Sandy’s house to the point that the two of them can no longer live in it. They face financial ruin if they can’t shed their current apartment rental and get back into Sandy’s home. Karen started hoarding after the tragic suicide of her oldest son. However, her young grandson now lives in her home and the neighbors have been making calls to child protective services due to the state of the property.

Peggy’s hoard of filth and dead animal carcasses has led the city to deem her house uninhabitable. If she does not clean up, city officials will not allow Peggy to return to her beloved home. Ed and Connie met over their mutual love over Halloween items. However their love of Halloween ballooned into a much larger hoarding problem. With conditions becoming intolerable, their teenage son has issued an ultimatum: Clean up or he will take himself and his younger autistic brother out of the home–even if that means running away.

The tragic loss of Ellen’s husband in the line of duty triggered hoarding through kleptomania. Her house has become so unsafe with her lifted items, her home owners insurance is threatening to revoke coverage. Gloria’s family is on the verge of calling the sheriff and the SPCA due to her out-of-control dog, cat, and stuff hoarding.

Kathy has hoarded out her triplex and a dance studio and is facing financial ruin if she can’t clean up and rent out her spaces. Her twelve children, including a daughter who developed split personality disorder to cope with the hoard, will try to get her to face her demons. Elmira’s hoard has become so bad that code enforcement is on the verge of condemning her home. Elmira’s family will have to resolve their “step vs. blood” dynamics to help her through the process.

In this episode of Hoarders we check in with five hoarders from past seasons: Al lost custody of his son due to his hoarding, Jill is a food hoarder who feels that expiration dates are arbitrary, Dale is at risk of being evicted from the Boston loft apartment where he’s lived for over 30 years, Claire and Vance filled every room of their home with hundreds of thousands of books, and Verna was forced to sleep in her attic because her home was so hoarded.

Sybil’s hoard is so intense that mice have started to live in her tub and her refrigerator. Her home is so jam packed with items and rodents that she has literally been forced outside and is now sleeping in her backyard cat aviary. If she doesn’t clean up, her family will call adult protective services and have her removed from her property. Ron, has hoarded out his camera shop to the point where he has lost many of his customers. If he doesn’t clean up, he could end up losing his business and livelihood.

Celia is in danger of losing her hoarded home of shoplifted items if she doesn’t get her compulsion under control. Nathan came out as gay when he was 15. The lack of acceptance he felt from his community led him to hoard items as a way to deal with is pain. Now in his early 30’s his hoarding has escalated to the point where he is facing eviction. Nathan must face all his past trauma in order to overcome his hoarding and crisis.

Maggie’s home is so packed with her shopping addiction that her granddaughter was forced to sleep on top of piles and shower outside with a garden hose. Things have gotten so bad, that a family member pulled Maggie and her granddaughter out of the house. If things are not cleaned up, they will not be allowed to return. Former spa owner, Ann, is about to lose her partner over her hoard. After a decade of failed promises to clean up the house, her partner has had it. Ann cleans up or he leaves her for good.

Sandi is known as the town’s Mrs. Claus over the holidays. However, she has taken her alter ego to the extreme with her gift hoarding compulsion. Things have gotten so out of control with her Mrs. Claus persona that Sandi is on the verge of going bankrupt and losing her gift-hoarded home! Vivian has custody over her grandsons but is on the verge of losing them to Child Protective Services because of her hoard.